Alphonse Sapienza

Alphonse Sapienza stepped onto the DC stage in 2019, born from the collaborative talents of Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza, and Chris Mooneyham in the pages of Nightwing #52 — a Modern Age debut that planted him firmly in one of DC's most beloved solo hero titles. His relatively compact seven-issue footprint spans the Nightwing universe through the dramatic Joker War era, where he shares the page with an intriguing cast including Colleen Edwards, Malcolm Hutch, and the striking dual presences of Nightwing Blue and Nightwing Red. He may not be a household name yet, but characters like Sapienza are the connective tissue that give Nightwing's world its texture and depth — and for collectors who love diving beneath the surface of a great run, he's exactly the kind of find that makes hunting back issues so rewarding.